Sunday, 19 April 2015

Sketch of the Land round Singapore Harbor, Feb 7 1819

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One of the main exhibits in the ' Land of Gold and Spice ' map exhibition at the National Library (on till 19th July) is undoubtedl...
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Saturday, 21 March 2015

Another Early Close-up Map of Singapore: Manuel Godinho de Erédia, 1615

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Name: Folio 26,  Historia de Servicos com Martiro de Luis Monteiro Coutinho   Year: 1615 Map maker: Manuel Godinho de Erédia Manuscript ...
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Sunday, 8 March 2015

The Earliest Close-up Map of Singapore: de Bry, 1606

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Name: Contrafactur des Scharmutz els der Holander... (from Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien , Frankfurt am Main)  Year: 1606 Pub...
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Sunday, 15 February 2015

The Oldest Map in the National Library Collection

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Name: Undecima Asiae Tabula (from Geographia ) Year: 1478 Map maker: Arnold Buckinck Type: Copper Engraving Picture Source: National...
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Sunday, 8 February 2015

When did Singapore become an island? Part III

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To the best of my knowledge, 1613*. In Manuel Godinho de Erédia's  Declaracam de Malaca e da India Meridional com Cathay [1] , ther...
Saturday, 7 February 2015

When did Singapore become an island? Part II

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In a previous entry , we talked about an 'island' feature at the southern end of the Malay peninsula that appeared in many maps da...
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Monday, 26 January 2015

The David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection

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The David Parry SE Asian Map Collection forms the main body of the current map exhibition in National Library on the early maps of SE Asi...